>>> On 11/10/2008 at  7:21 PM, Bernard Wu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: 
> Hi Mark,
>>The nail command (which is what /usr/bin/mail and /usr/bin/mailx point to)
> supports the "-a" option to attach a file to the message.
> When I use the -a option, the command just hangs, and I have to Ctrl-C
> twice to get out of it.  The first Ctrl-C produces this message:
> (Interrupt -- one more to kill letter), and the second Ctrl-C gets me out.
> Almost looks like an interactive nail session.

That's because that's what nail/mail/mailx is.  It's not hung, it's waiting for 
input from stdin.  If you don't want anything in the body of the message then
nail -a attachment -s "subject line" [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null


Mark Post

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